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gkrimeron The EPA Is Quietly Killing Its Web Archive

Climate change was such a downer. Good riddance!

gkrimeron OpenAI engineer arrested in bugging of executive conference room

That's because in all likelihood he is not a spy. He is an agent (lol, not an AI agent) who has a handler, who is the trained specialist[1]. The agent is disposable. The handler or case officer usually but not always has diplomatic cover courtesy of a nation state.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_handling

gkrimeron Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

Such a great example. These phrases are going to become memes of this era, like the irc stars password (hunter2).

"Dead drag handle" "Booked half day you don't get back"

gkrimeron Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion

Couldn't agree more. On a large and open ended feature I sometimes struggle with where to start and end up researching something tangential. Cool learning, but not efficient.

Claude Code gives me a directory, usually something that works, and then I research the heck out of it. In that way I am more of an editor, which seems to be my stronger skill.

gkrimeron Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed

Yes. And pay for the news sources that prove valuable to you. Professional journalism is essential.

gkrimeron My Struggle with Doom Scrolling

Damn that's spot on. Thank you for sharing! Glad to know I'm not the only one struggling with this at a mature age.

gkrimeron The real world of compulsive hoarders (2013)

Not sure this is HN-worthy but the following was my experience dealing with a hoarder on the other side of me in Mountain View:

https://m.yelp.com/user_details_reviews_self?userid=1jKEOS2t...

50+ rats!!! I have pictures.

gkrimeron Making Faster B-Trees with Go Generics

Sadly not public, but for those with access, Nick's deep dive into B-tree performance: go/ganpati-state-mgmt-v7

gkrimeron Driving engineers to an arbitrary date is a value destroying mistake (2020)

Please come work at Google! This place has the best overall code quality I have ever seen. That's not to say it's always great or bug-free, but it is almost always well maintained. There is very little dead code. Giving and receiving high-quality code reviews is the norm.

gkrimeron That coworker who never stops refactoring

Yep, me too! Please come to Google. This is the only place that I have ever worked that values code quality and testability, rather than just saying it values these and then letting everything fly to meet some arbitrary deadlines. There are downsides to working here as well though. Happy to chat! gkrimer@geeeeeemail.com

gkrimeron Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2015)

Polymath Ventures | Bogotá, Colombia | Software Engineers, Data Scientists | Email greg (at) polymathv (dot com)

That's right, Bogotá! Come join some amazing people building real businesses in the developing world. We are seeking one or two strong engineers to lead development at our ventures, and we are also looking for a data scientist. If you want to try something off the beaten path, this is for you. Knowing Spanish is not required (I'm very much at the pointing and smiling stupidly stage).

Polymath Ventures is a company builder that has been operating in Colombia for three years now. We have chosen Colombia as a launching point into Latin America for a number of reasons, including market size and growth trends, access to talent, regional scalability, and an increasingly supportive business culture. Over those years, we have built five companies and are set to launch two more next year.

We are looking to grow the nascent Polymath tech team, which I recently joined. The technological needs of the existing businesses are sophisticated, stemming from several years of operational experience. There is a LOT of from-scratch development that needs to be done! We've settled on Python and Ember as a tech stack, but this is not fixed. Come build with us!

For more info please contact me directly at the address above or email jobs@polymathv.com.